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seriously, I bawled my eyes out

"if you love something, let it go, right?"

I'm really, really bummed about the Panic split up. Much more emotional about it than I would have thought. I spent my lunch break listening to Pretty.Odd.
I guess this explains why Bden and Spencer have been over at Pete's all the time while Ryan has been hanging out with Alex Greenwald...

I'm really regretting that I skipped seeing them on the Rockband tour!

ETA - no more happy stoner-band Jon-fires? :(:(:(

Happy Canada Day, my lovelies!!! I have to work, unfortunately, but I hope you all get outside and go beaching or something else super fun. <3

I skimmed twitter real quick a moment ago before i head off to bed, and noticed that "Hsppy Canada Day" was the #1 trending topic - too bad a lot of the tweets seem to be anti-canadian jokes from various americans... oh well, most of them are positive.


PS - I didn't blog this a few days ago when it happened, but classicawesome and her gf got engaged on Friday!! Congrats again, bb! <3

OMG, this is so horrible, poor Bob :( RIP Dixie :(

So, I've been really indecisive about going to Azcatraz in San Francisco this July... I was going, then not going, then going, then not going.... I had pretty much decided that I should be practical and save my money, pay off credit cards, blah blah blah. (And I maybe kind of just a little thought nobody would care if I went or not)
When I really thought about it, though, I knew I would be really bummed if I didn't go, because SOOOO many awesome people are going to be there. Also, I really want to see San Francisco. Even though I'm not all that into the fandom anymore, I knew I would regret it.

LONG STORY SHORT, I'M REGISTERED! MY HOSTEL IS BOOKED! I'M GOING! yay :)

I guess David Eddings passed away last night. I've loved the Belgariad since I was a teenager; I know that it features a lot of fantasy tropes, but they're written in such a way that it doesn't seem to matter (to me, anyway).

So, I'm on Twitter all the time now, pretty much, and I'm really loving that Threadless and Twitter are collaborating. Those Threadless folk, they're hip to what the kids are in to :D
I submitted a tweet, vote for me! please and thank you <3<3<3

may i @reply you again today?

I found my Moleskine today!!! I was so excited, I've been looking for it everywhere - apparently it has been living in the trunk of my car since my art show in February *clutches notebook*

Tossing around some ideas for a show that I want to enter a piece in - they want eco-friendly art, much use at least 70% recycled material and you must show your thought process on how you were "thinking green". any of you guys done much with alternate materials or mixed media? I'm thinking about using an old frame from a painting i did in high school (have since taken the canvas off), and maybe stretching some old sheets or pillow cases from the second hand store... I don't know how well that would take paint though. i guess if i use enough gesso it should, it'll just have more give than canvas, right?

here's a couple of pieces i've done recently, both acrylic on canvas:

"communication #1"


"storm castle"

Henry Jenkins wrote an interesting blog post about the new Star Trek movie here:
Five Ways to Start a Conversation About the New Star Trek Film (warning for spoilers, obviously!). I especially like his observations about Spock.

For myself, I saw Star Trek on Saturday, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, apart from some of the gender and race issues that I wasn't exactly surprised to see. Now, where is the slash fic?

I'll post properly tomorrow, but the show last night was ridiculously awesome, from hanging and playing cards with classicawesome and twitter peoples in the line to being only a couple people back from the barrier for the whole show to meeting Joe, Patrick and Andy after :) Aaaand... I'm going to see them again on Friday. and then K-OS on Sunday. Hopefully with time to go see the new Star Trek Movie in between!

Now I shall go back to being mocked by everyone I know in RL about seeing FOB (twice). And how much do I care? Really, really, really not at all :D

off to Toronto for Fall Out Boy/Cobra Starship shenanigans with classicawesome! wheeeee!

I'm trying to import my entries from lj, but it failed mid-way through 2004 :( which means that none of my comments have imported either. I tried again and it failed again. Bummed Mel is bummed.

Has anyone else had this problem while importing?

I get to go see FOB and Cobra this week! twice! and then K-os next Sunday! Yay!!!
Also, the fact that there's a Guy Ripley twitter now makes me very happy.

i got my OpenID invite code today, wheeeee!!! now i'm left with a tough decision - do i stick with "cunningplan", which has been my lj name for 6+ years, or do i switch over to "cacophonously" which i have been starting to use for other stuff such as twitter??? is anyone going to care what i call myself either way? (answer: probably not)

decisions, decisions... anyway, please give me a shout if your DW name is different from your lj name, so that i can find you!!

that the Dears got their FREAKING TOUR BUS STOLEN. before they even left on tour!!! I actually said "what the fuck" out loud at my desk at work when i read that :D thank goodness they hadn't loaded their equipment yet. but still, who the fuck steals a fucking TOUR BUS? like, is there a black market for tour buses that i was previously un-aware of? where do you hide it? it's not like it's a fucking... ford escort or something :D

Also, if you haven't seen AutoTune News yet... well, you should!
#1: march madness. economic woes. pentagon budget cuts.
#2: pirates. drugs. gay marriage.
Well, don't you worry, baby boo
You'll always have an angry gorilla to be angry with you
That's what I do. Just ask Donkey Kong. He's in my crew Mwah! :D

omg, my head hurts so much right now *stabs self in temple with scissors*

in lighter news, thousands of fangirls' ovaries just exploded - these pictures just keep getting cuter...

also, lol at the tags: +brendon is troubled by this +ryans lizard was considered +pete keeps signing em younger +making the cab look old

I suppose this is a long shot, but does anyone have an extra Dreamwidth invite code? I would be forever in your debt...

Sorry that I haven't been around much lately! I finished my exams on Saturday morning, and I'm officially done the semester. I might do one class over the summer, but definitely not a full course load like I've been doing this whole year. whew! I feel so much more relaxed now, guys, you have no idea!

Things to look forward to - Hey Rosetta! in two weeks, FOB and Cobras(twice!) in less than a month, meeting some online peeps for the first time in May, possibly a few more dates, we shall see :D

Hopefully now that I'm (mostly) done school for a bit I can get some more painting done, although my mom is really pushing me to focus on my MoH duties for my sister's wedding - you know, that whole bachelorette, wedding shower thing? Yeah, have I mentioned that I'm really, really bad at planning stuff like that? Don't ask my housemates about the year I was supposed to do Frosh Week activities *facepalms*

( So, a friend and I had planned to go to the Empires acoustic set in Rochester Michigan on Monday... )

Pt. 2 (Grand Rapids) later tonight :D